This is the first photograph of Gumma, the American XL bully dog who mauled two pensioners, leaving one needing surgery.
01.01.2024 - 16:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
An XL Bully dog was found dead after it had been set on fire - just hours before a ban on the breed came into force. The RSPCA is now investigating the death after the dog's body was discovered in an alleyway in south London, on Saturday.
Pictures, which we have chosen not to publish, reveal how the muscular brown dog suffered extensive burns to his front paws and a fractured skull. It was also found with his legs tied together
Initial enquiries revealed that the dog had escaped from a garden after high wind blew down a fence during the weekend’s storms. However, RSPCA Inspector Harriet Daliday said she couldn’t confirm if it was a targeted killing or if the animal had died after hitting being hit by a vehicle.
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Insp Daliday said: “At this stage, we don’t know for certain if the dog had sustained the head injury after being hit by a car, or whether this was done deliberately.
“It is deeply concerning that the dog was found with his legs tied together and had been set on fire. The dog also had one of his ears cut off.
“We are appealing for anyone who has any information about this incident to contact us in complete confidence.”
The death comes as a new law came into force in England and Wales on December 31 which bring the XL Bully breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act. The legislation makes breeding, selling, advertising, exchanging, gifting, rehoming, abandoning or allowing XL Bully dogs to stray illegal.
From January 31, it will be an offence to own an XL Bully unless it is registered on the Index of Exempted dogs and is compliant with the requirements.
Dogs that are more than one year old after this date must be neutered by June
This is the first photograph of Gumma, the American XL bully dog who mauled two pensioners, leaving one needing surgery.
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